Flute Patents

• Flute, Patent 17,054, John Pfaff, April 14, 1857.
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• Improvement in Fifes, Patent 45,270, John Pfaff, November 29, 1864.
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• Improvement in Flutes, Patent 76,389, Theodore Berteling, April 7, 1868.
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• Flute, Patent 594,735, Carlo T. Giorgi, November 30, 1897.
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• Method for Shaping Metal Tubing, Patent 1,432,279, Nils Christensen, October 17, 1922.
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• Musical Instrument, Patent 1,703,382, Harry Bernard, February 26, 1929.
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• Nose Flute, Patent 2,245,432, Ernest W. Davis, June 10, 1941.
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• Design for a Whistle, Patent D141,400, Peter von Frantzius, May 29, 1945.
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• Wind Instrument, Patent 3,326,073, Daniel V. Tremaine, June 20, 1967.
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• Cylindrical Flute, Patent 3,763,737, Erich Sandner, October 9, 1973.
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• Fipple Flute, Patent 3,815,466, Paul Conrad Johnson, June 11, 1974.
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• Cylindrical Head Joint with Acoustic Wedging for Concert Flutes, Patent 4,058,046, Raoul J. Fajardo, November 15, 1977.
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• Fipple Flute, Patent D258,364, Bryan D. Mumford, February 24, 1981.
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• Hand Flute and Percussion Instrument, Patent 4,269,104, Earl J. Cantos, Jr., May 26, 1981.
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• Obturator for Flute Designed to Improve the Emission of Certain Notes, Patent 4,499,810, Errnest J. Ferron, February 19, 1985.
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• Flute, Patent 4,664,011, Arnfred R. Strathmann, May 12, 1987.
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• Piccolo Flute, Patent 4,714,000, Anton J. Braun, December 22, 1987.
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• Pentatonic Ocarina, Patent 4,893,541, Ilania H. Fowler, January 16, 1990.
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• Flute Headjoint, Patent 4,896,579, Jack P. Goosman, January 30, 1990.
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• End Blown Flute with Standard Keying, Patent 5,014,585, Sam Wesley, Sr., May 14, 1991.
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• Flute Headjoint, Patent 5,105,705, Sanford Drelinger, April 21, 1992.
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• Flute Mouthpiece with Adjustable Core Gap, Patent 5,107,740, Arnfred R. Strathmann, April 28, 1992.
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• Mouthpiece of Flute, Patent 5,261,308, Genhichi Yamauchi, November 16, 1993.
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• Flute Mouthpiece, Patent 5,435,221, Genhichi Yamauchi, July 25, 1995.
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• Flute, Patent D427,228, Ken Light, June 27, 2000.
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